Huang Jianzhi, deputy director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination

Wu Jiang, deputy director of Shanghai Urban Planning Administration Bureau

Shanghai Expo organizers yesterday launched a worldwide search for teams to find and arrange sculptures for the World Expo site.

Organizers have planned to set up 200 sculptures in four areas of the 5.28-square-kilometer site -- at the eight main entrances, an art gallery in Expo Axis, the square of old Jiangnan Shipyard and the park along the Huangpu River in Pudong.

"We hope the teams can submit innovative plans which coincide with the Shanghai Expo theme -- Better City, Better Life," said Huang Jianzhi, deputy director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.

The organizers also hoped to see one or two "landmark sculptures" in the plans that could become highlights of the Expo site, Huang said.

The city would keep some as permanent sculptures within the site after the Expo.

Some of the others would be moved into the downtown area, said Wu Jiang, deputy director of Shanghai Urban Planning Administration Bureau.

The deadline for proposal submissions is May 31.

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